Hierarchy of cellular organization

1. Hierarchy of Cellular
Organization
MARCH 4, 2014

2. CELL
-FUNDAMENTAL
UNIT OF LIFE

3. TISSUE
-TYPE OF MATERIAL
FROM WHICH ANIMAL
AND PLANTS ARE
MADE, CONSISTING OF
SPECIALIZED CELLS
AND THEIR PRODUCTS

4. ORGAN
-A PART OF AN
ORGANISM THAT IS
TYPICALLY SELF-
CONTAINED AND HAS A
SPECIFIC VITAL
FUNCTION, SUCH AS THE
HEART OR LIVER IN
HUMANS

5. ORGAN
SYSTEM
-A GROUP OF
ORGANS THAT
WORK
TOGETHER TO
PERFORM A
CERTAIN TASK

6. ORGANISM
-AN INDIVIDUAL
ANIMAL,
PLANT, OR
SINGLE-CELLED
LIFE FORM

7. POPULATION
-ALL THE
INDIVIDUALS OF A
PARTICULAR
SPECIES LIVING IN
AN AREA

8. COMMUNITY -THE ENTIRE ARRAY
OF ORGANISMS IN
AN ECOSYSTEM

9. ECOSYSTEM
-ALL THE ORGANISMS LIVING IN A
PARTICULAR AREA INCLUDING
PHYSICAL COMPONENTS SUCH AS
AIR, SOIL, WATER, AND
SUNLIGHT

10. CELL
TISSUE ORGAN
ORGAN
SYSTEM
ORGANISMPOPULATION
COMMUNITY ECOSYSTEM